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Karbala

kar·bala

uncommon

noun

1.

a city of central Iraq south of Baghdad; a holy city for Shiite Muslims because it is the site of the tomb of Mohammed''s grandson who was killed there in 680

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From Arabic كَرْبَلَاء (karbalāʔ), of uncertain etymology.

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